Children make use of mobile applications on an ever increasing basis. A category of app that is increasingly popular amongst children in the Netherlands is mobile applications that focus on...Show moreChildren make use of mobile applications on an ever increasing basis. A category of app that is increasingly popular amongst children in the Netherlands is mobile applications that focus on education. This study takes a holistic approach to studying privacy related to the use of this type of mobile applications by approaching the subject using the different lenses of the three layer model. The governance layer is studied to see how privacy of children is regulated, the socio-technical layer addresses privacy concerns parents have when their children use such applications, and the technical layer elaborates upon what mobile applications claim to do and what they do in practice. Bringing these perspectives together shows that there are three keys themes relevant for the topic at hand: transparency, parental consent and data minimization. However, in none of these themes the observations of all three studied layers fully complement one another and contrasts can even be observed. Results show that providing parents with more control could possibly improve this.Show less
